
Materials for Assessment
Files you will need for the exam
- AQA GCSE English Lang Exam Paper 1 Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing PDF
- AQA Paper 1 Source A
- AQA Paper 1 Source B
Files you will need to mark the exam papers
- Section A Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations
- Section B Mark Scheme Paper 1 Explorations
Live Scripts
Many thanks to all schools who took part in our second mock exam project and thanks again to all the schools who put themselves forward. We were overwhelmed with the positive feedback and generosity of busy teachers and hope you find this useful.
- These live scripts use the assessment papers available on a download below
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These scripts can be used with students before taking this exam to support their understanding of WHAT gains marks and what doesn't.
Live Scripts PDF
Over 60 pages of double marked and expert written discussion on live exam scripts.
Live Scripts PDF
- AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Live Scripts PDF
This PDF includes
- Ten exam scripts especially selected from a range of live student papers chosen to exhibit a particular aspect or potential query point of the exam.
- Colour-copied scripts show teacher and examiner’s comments and all include an examiner’s comment and report for each exemplar script.
- No papers have grades on them but they do have numerical scores and these are within the banding awarded to all new GCSE examinations.
- Our examiner comments are written by a Chief, Principal and Subject Examiner who is also the author of many texts on GCSE English Language and our new mock exams papers and mark schemes used for this project.
- These exam papers have been moderated by another Chief Examiner to ensure that quality is robust.